Today, 10 February 2015

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      Lock icon Thank me for defending the Chinese, says Malaysian minister
      623 2 AGRICULTURE MINISTER DISMISSES MCA’S PLAN TO REVIVE MATTER AT NEXT CABINET MEETING THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Still refusing to retract or apologise for his call to Malays to boycott Chinese businesses, Malaysia’s Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
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      Lock icon 53 per cent spike in accidents within school zones last year
      729 4  -  More road safety measures will be extended to 200 other Enhanced School Zones by 2018 TOP OFFENCE WAS RUNNING A RED LIGHT AMANDA LEE AND KENNETH CHENG leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite tougher measures against errant motorists within school zones, the
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      Lock icon SG Heart Map collects more than 43,000 stories in three months
      637 6  -  Sentosa, Orchard Road are most-shared places with 2,100 and 700stories, respectively MOST CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THOSE BELOW THE AGE OF 30 MATTHIAS TAY matthias tay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Having spent most of her life living in Toa Payoh, Mrs Chia-Nge Tak Heng,
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      Lock icon HSBC admits failings after helping criminals hide assets
      847 8 Depositors included royal families, convicted cocaine dealers and terror suspects AS OF 2007, BANK’S PRIVATE BANKING ARM CONTROLLED MORE THAN S$135B IN ASSETS AGENCIES LONDON British bank HSBC Holdings has admitted failings by its Swiss subsidiary, after a report released on Sunday
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      Lock icon Markets unnerved by Greek tough talk on debt
      343 8 AGENCIES ATHENS Investors hammered Greece’s markets yesterday after the country’s new government renewed a pledge to seek bailout debt forgiveness, setting up a clash with European lenders. In late afternoon European trade, the Athens Stock Exchange index plunged nearly 6 per cent
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      Lock icon WP to give full response in Parliament on Thursday
      564 10  -  Members of the public should readfull audit report to better understand issues: Sylvia Lim ‘I THINK IT’S BETTER FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN WITH AN OPEN MIND’ SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Workers’ Party (WP) will give its full response
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      Conflict of interest, lack of internal controls most serious lapses: Analysts
      870 12  -  AG’s report raises questions of integrity, invites scrutiny on how other town councils are run RESIDENTS UNALARMED BY REPORT, BUT EXPRESS CONCERN LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even though no evidence of fraud or criminal wrongdoing was flagged by the
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      Lock icon Various ownership interests ‘should have been disclosed’
      498 14 SINGAPORE —The sole proprietor of a company that was engaged to provide services to Aljunied-Hougang-Pung-gol East Town Council (AHPETC) is also the secretary of the town council, with the power to co-sign cheques. Mr Danny Loh Chong Meng is also a director and
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      Town council had lapses in records management, accounting system
      291 14 SINGAPORE —Its independent auditor was unable to issue an opinion on its FY2011/12 financial statements, as the town council was unable to find accounting documents to support figures for April to July 2011. And the town council did not record lift
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      Lock icon AHPETC deposited money into sinking-fund bank accounts late
      462 15 TOWN COUNCIL SAYS WILL MAKE GOOD ON SHORTFALLS HIGHLIGHTED SINGAPORE Money that was supposed to go into its sinking-fund bank accounts was either deposited late or short, the Auditor-General’s Office’s (AGO) audit of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) showed. Instances of the
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      Town council had no system to accurately report on arrears
      274 15 SINGAPORE Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) did not have a system to generate information on service and conservancy charges (S&CC) arrears accurately, making the statistics reported by the town council unreliable, said the Auditor-Gener-al’s Office (AGO). Flagging concerns over lapses
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      No proper safeguards for cheques, valuables
      331 15 SINGAPORE The Auditor-General Office (AGO) found weaknesses in Alju-nied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council’s (AHPETC) internal controls and procurement, which put the town council at risk of loss of monies or valuables. For example, it did not have adequate controls to safeguard cheques and valuable items,
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  • comment&analysis
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      Lock icon Eventful year ahead in Malaysian politics
      1132 16  -  PM NAJIB FACES PROBLEMS APLENTY, WHILE ANWAR VERDICT TODAY COULD SPARK COALITION SPLIT YANG RAZALI KASSIM Yang Razali Kassim is a senior fellow with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University. Finally, after months of a divisive cold war, leaders
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      Lock icon Check yourself before you wreck yourself online
      943 17  -  MANAGING YOUR REPUTATION ON THE INTERNET STEPHANIE HUNG Stephanie Hung is director, Public Sector Group, at Microsoft Singapore. Singapore is one of the most wired cities in the Asia-Pacific, coming in fifth after South Korea, New Zealand, Japan and Australia. Its population of
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      Lock icon Why central banks are going unconventional
      1059 19  -  UNUSUAL MONETARY POLICIES CHOSEN OVER NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING FOR POLITICAL REASONS NOURIEL ROUBINI Nouriel Roubini is chairman of Roubini Global Economics and professor of economics at NYU’s Stern School of Business. PROJECT SYNDICATE Who would have thought that six years after the global financial
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      22 16 The reason central banks have increasingly embraced unconventional monetary policies is that the post-2008 recovery has been extremely anaemic. NOURIEL ROUBINI 19
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  • voices
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      Playing of music integral to Hindu ceremonies
      282 20  -  FROM M LUKSHUMAYEH I refer to the letter “Thaipusam episode: Public order should be strictly maintained” (Feb 9). The scuffle is regrettable, especially since this oc- curred during a religious event. I doubt that the Hindu community is alleging discrimination, but the underlying
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    • Article
      Early CPF withdrawals should not burden others
      354 20  -  FROM N VARAPRASAD I read the article “Advisory panel’s proposals a ‘step in the right direction’” (Feb 7) on the proposed changes to Central Provident Fund (CPF) withdrawals with some interest. The interviewee said: “For people who are closer to 65, they are
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    • Article
      SRS account contribution limit keeps scheme simpler
      173 20  -  F ROM LIM YUIN CHIEN Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Finance Ms Siew Kang Yoke asked if there can be flexibility to allow more deposits into the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) account beyond the annual contribution cap. (“More flexibility in Supplementary Retirement Scheme,
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      Foot processions a question of religious necessity
      113 20  -  F ROM HAJ MOHAMED I refer to the report “Hindus have privilege not given to other faiths, says Shanmugam” (Feb 7). I agree with the Law and Foreign Affairs Minister that “gratuitous attacks on the police cannot be allowed and should not be
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    • Article
      Programmes for disabled people: The 3 As determining success
      451 21  -  FROM GRACE CHIA ZHI-HUI I refer to the article “For special needs children, pre-school is not a given” (Feb 7). Singapore has come a long way from 1988, when the Report of the Advisory Council on The Disabled was published. In
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      Easier to build consensus if all have a common goal
      247 21  -  F ROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS Mr Ng Ya Ken has eloquently stated the conditions upon which and the reasons why consensus must be achieved. (“For effective consensus building, all must understand S’pore’s challenges”; Feb 7) Singapore’s celebration of its achievements from
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      28 20 LETTER CPF WITHDRAWAL: WHAT ABOUT PIONEERS? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ltrcpf0210a for the letter from Margaret Ong.
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      14 20 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Doctor who sold cough syrup illegally loses medical licence
      437 22 Ho’s conviction implies a defect in character that makes him unfit for the profession: SMC HO’S CONTINUED SELLING DESPITE RAID AT HIS CLINIC CITED AS AGGRAVATING FACTOR SINGAPORE A doctor who illegally sold nearly 3,000 litres of codeine-laced cough syrup to
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      Lock icon S’porean charged in Australia with smuggling endangered fish
      377 22  -  CHANNEL NEWSASIA S I N G A PO R E An executive from Qian Hu Corporation, an ornamental fish service provider, was yesterday charged in Australia with attempting to smuggle A$235,000 (S$249,000) worth of endangered fish into the country when he arrived
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      Lock icon Facebook launches site against cyberbullying
      445 23  -  Bullying prevention site urges action by giving advice to cyberbullies and victims MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In an effort to stand up to cyberbullying, Facebook and the Media Literacy Council (MLC) have launched a bullying prevention website to teach the public what they can do
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Xi bound for US on state visit, but no date set
      443 24 WASHINGTON EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO JAPANESE, SOUTH KOREAN AND INDONESIAN HEADS OF STATE THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make a state visit to the United States later this year, his first since
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      Lock icon HK protesters confront mainland shoppers
      417 24 THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG —Tensions erupted in Hong Kong on Sunday when shoppers from mainland China poured in to buy goods at a crowded mall. The police arrested about a dozen people and used pepper spray to subdue hundreds of protesters who had
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      Lock icon China brings in private sector to streamline its bloated army
      958 25 Defence reform aimed at reducing costs and encouraging transparency THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEIJING Mr Wang Zegang makes mining machinery for the coal industry at his factory in Shandong province. But by next year he plans to branch out into a
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  • world
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      Lock icon Cobra Gold opens at ‘challenging’ time for Washington, Bangkok
      449 26 US scales back multinational military drill over concerns about junta leadership CANCELLING DRILL COULD HAVE HAD MAJOR SECURITY IMPLICATIONS: ANALYST REUTERS NAKHON NAYOK (THAILAND) The United States said yesterday its relationship with long-time ally Thailand was going through a “challenging” period
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    • Article
      Lock icon Indonesia’s hotel industry sees threat in Jokowi’s austerity plans
      727 26 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA At the former Dutch colonial hill retreat of Bogor, Indonesian hotelier Kosasih Kadra is fretting over empty rooms and blaming President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for it. Mr Widodo banned civil servants from hosting meetings in hotels starting in December
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      Lock icon Flamboyant Malaysian’s real-estate deals called into question
      2881 28 Links with Najib’s family and sovereign wealth fund 1MDB part of an uproar gathering around the Prime Minister and threatening his hold on power HE IS THE ‘CONCIERGE SERVICE THAT ARRANGES EVERYTHING’ FOR FRIENDS THE NEW YORK TIMES newyork— In early2010, a young
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      65 27 GET MORE WITH MECLUB Exclusive Previews Concerts and Musicals Autographed Premiums and more rewards Carrie Wong MediaCorp Artiste Carrie my date with Want to get up close with Carrie at Trick Eye Museum? It’s easy: 1. Login at MECLUB.SG 2. Select REDEEM > DATE A STAR 3. Enter POINTS and
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  • business
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      Lock icon StanChart may up S’pore staff strength to serve Japanese clients
      584 30 BANK PLANS TO HELP JAPANESE FIRMS SET UP OPERATIONS IN MYANMAR, CAMBODIA AND LAOS AGENCIES TOKYO Standard Chartered, the Asia-focused British bank that is slashing about 5 per cent of its global workforce and US$400 million (S$542 million) in costs,
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      Lock icon Singapore, US buyers help drive surge in FDI into Japan
      387 30 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Foreign direct investment into Japan surged last year as a cheaper yen made real estate and other assets more attractive to buyers including Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and United States financial services giant Blackstone Group. Net inbound
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      Lock icon Chinese insurer buys New York’s Baccarat Hotel for S$311 million
      260 31 AGENCIES SHANGHAI —Never mind that its opening has been delayed repeatedly or that there is considerable uncertainty about the outlook for the United States economy. New York’s luxurious Baccarat Hotel is now the most-highly-valued hotel in the US after China’s
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      Lock icon If you can’t beat them, join them
      545 31 In Macau casino operators join China reform wagon REUTERS HONG KONG Leading China’s anticorruption campaign, President Xi Jinping warned Macau in December that the world’s biggest gambling hub needs to be about more than baccarat. Now, the reform drive has new champions the
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    • Article
      Lock icon S’pore offices among markets with highest yields: Savills
      273 31 AGENCIES SYDNEY —Singapore offers one the highest returns for offices among the world’s major markets, showed a report by broker Savills, while Hong Kong and New York offer the worst. Grade A commercial properties in Singapore’s central business district have an effective
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  • technology
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      Lock icon NCS launches test bed for smart-city innovations
      479 32  -  Lab will offer space for public agencies, commercial enterprises to create and test innovations in education, healthcare, transport, public safety FIRM TO RECRUIT UP TO 120 PROFESSIONALS TO MEET NEED FOR TALENT TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A laboratory to serve as a test
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    • Article
      Lock icon Alibaba places S$798m bet on China’s smartphone market
      581 33 Internetfirm buys stake in obscure phone maker Meizu as part of efforts to push its mobile operating system AGENCIES BEIJING —Alibaba Group has agreed to invest US$590 million (S$798 million) in an obscure domestic smartphone maker as the e-commerce giant tests ways
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  • sports sports
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      Lock icon PEDALLING FUN FOR OCBC CYCLE
      706 34  -  Race route not finalised, but cyclists may get to ride through Orchard Road TWO CORPORATE RIDE PACKAGES LAU CHED LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A slew of activities, including a cafe bike crawl, sports injury prevention workshops and photography classes, will be rolled out from
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      Lock icon PEDALLING FUN FOR OCBC CYCLE
      694 34 (2nd Edition)  -  Race route not finalised, but cyclists may get to ride through Orchard Road TWO CORPORATE RIDE PACKAGES LAU CHED LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A slew of activities, including a cafe bike crawl, sports injury prevention workshops and photography classes, will be rolled out from
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    • Article
      Lock icon GIVE RONALDO ROOM, SAYS HIS AGENT AFTER PARTY BACKLASH
      372 34 AGENCIES MADRID Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes has pleaded for the Real Madrid star’s critics to back off after he was criticised for attending a lavish 30th birthday party only hours after they suffered a 4-0 defeat to rivals Atletico Madrid
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